Hovering over Danville on Wednesday after the weather dried up, the Goodyear blimp gave select employees of the Danville manufacturing facility a view of the River City from above.

The aircraft that’s marking its 100th anniversary this year started the roughly 40-minute rides shortly before noon Wednesday for employees of the Danville Goodyear plant drawn at random.

The blimp was stationed at Danville Regional Airport on Wednesday morning, drying out from showers and drizzle that fell on the city.

After only a slight delay, the tours got underway.

”We are real weight-dependent,” Joe Erbs, a senior pilot with the aircraft, told the Register & Bee. He’s one of the pilots who came to the city for the event.

The pilots and passengers sit in what’s known as a gondola, a space that can hold

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